東洲斎写楽画 尾上松助の松下酒之進 『敵討乗合話』|Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinojō in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi"
Medium
Woodblock print; ink, color, white mica on paper
Dimensions
14 × 9 1/2 in. (35.6 × 24.1 cm) Mat: 22 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (57.8 × 39.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Rogers Fund, 1949
Accession Number
JP3116
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About the Artist
Tōshūsai Sharaku|Ueda Shikibuchi · 1794–1795
Tōshūsai Sharaku stands as one of the most enigmatic figures in Japanese art history, a ukiyo-e printmaker whose brilliant career blazed for just ten months from the summer of 1794 to early spring 1795. Active exclusively in Edo (modern Tokyo), he produced approximately 150 woodblock prints and sketches, primarily yakusha-e—intimate portraits of kabuki actors captured mid-performance. Published by...